# Install multimarkdown with Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix

Turn marked-up plain text into well-formatted documents. Version 6.8.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#multimarkdown.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:multimarkdown
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install multimarkdown
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install multimarkdown
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/multimarkdown/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install multimarkdown
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: multimarkdown from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#multimarkdown
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mu/multimarkdown/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:multimarkdown
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 6.8.0
- **Source summary:** Turn marked-up plain text into well-formatted documents
- **Homepage:** <https://fletcher.github.io/MultiMarkdown-6/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-29T12:33:24Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- mmd2all (alias)
- mmd2epub (alias)
- mmd2fodt (alias)
- mmd2odt (alias)
- mmd2opml (alias)
- mmd2pdf (alias)
- mmd2tex (alias)
- multimarkdown (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 6.8.0
## Project history and usage

MultiMarkdown is Fletcher T. Penney's extension of John Gruber's Markdown, created to keep Markdown's readable plain-text writing style while adding document-oriented features and additional output formats. Penney's own description says MultiMarkdown began as a Perl script modified from Markdown.pl; later versions became a standalone converter and syntax family. MultiMarkdown Software describes Penney as the author and summarizes the format as a Markdown superset for converting minimally formatted text into HTML, LaTeX, and other formats.

### Project history

Technically, MultiMarkdown's role is not just "Markdown to HTML." It adds features such as tables, footnotes, citations, metadata, and smart typography, and it targets workflows that end in HTML, LaTeX/PDF, OPML, and OpenDocument/Flat OpenDocument files that can be carried into word processors. The Homebrew package exposes both the main `multimarkdown` command and convenience front ends such as `mmd2pdf`, `mmd2tex`, `mmd2epub`, `mmd2odt`, and `mmd2opml`, making it a document-conversion package rather than only a web publishing filter.

### How it is used

Its ecosystem niche overlaps with Pandoc, Markdown processors, and editor-integrated previewers, but MultiMarkdown is distinctive for being both a syntax specification and a compact conversion tool with a long Mac/document-authoring lineage. Package managers such as Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Linux distributions carry it for users who want repeatable command-line document builds without adopting a larger universal converter.

### Sources

- <https://fletcherpenney.net/multimarkdown/>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/multimarkdown>
- <https://github.com/fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6>
- <https://multimarkdown.com/about/>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - multimarkdown: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/mu/multimarkdown/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - multimarkdown - 6.7.0-23.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: multimarkdown from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Lightweight markup processor to produce HTML, LaTeX, and more | https://fletcher.github.io/MultiMarkdown-6/
- MacPorts - multimarkdown: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/multimarkdown/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/multimarkdown.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/multimarkdown.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph